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Data
Location
1-3
Standard
Variable
Name
SITE
4-13
14-16
17-17
SCHOOL
CLASS
Q1
18-18
19-19
20-23
24-29
30-30
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Q6
Country
Question
Number
Site Code
Q1
School Codes
Class Codes
Question
Code and Label
How old are you?
1 11 years old or younger
2 12 years old
3 13 years old
4 14 years old
5 15 years old
6 16 years old or older
Missing
Q2 What is your sex?
1 Male
2 Female
Missing
Q3
Q4
Q5
Q7
Unweighted
Frequency
504
693
15
In what grade are you?
1 Form 2
2 Form 3
3 Form 4
4 Other form
Missing
How tall are you without your shoes on? (Note:
Data are in meters.)
How much do you weigh without your shoes on?
(Note: Data are in kilograms.)
During the past 30 days, how often did you go hungry because there was not enough food in your home?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4 Most of the time
5 Always
Missing
704
145
264
43
43
13
439
414
341
8
10
6
18
281
382
389
131
5
Weighted
Percent
0.5
1.6
23.7
30.3
32.5
11.3
49.0
51.0
37.3
32.6
29.6
0.5
57.8
12.1
22.3
3.9
3.9
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Location
31-31
Standard
Variable
Name
Q7
32-32
33-33
Q8
Q9
Country
Question
Number
Q8
Question
Code and Label
During the past 30 days, how many times per day did you usually eat fruit, such as bananas, mango, guava, watermelon, pineapple, tangerines, oranges, or cherries?
1
2
I did not eat fruit during the past 30 days
Less than one time per day
3 1 time per day
4 2 times per day
5 3 times per day
6 4 times per day
7 5 or more times per day
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
93
201
350
270
137
56
88
17
Weighted
Percent
8.1
16.5
28.8
22.7
11.6
4.7
7.6
Q9 During the past 30 days, how many times per day did you usually eat vegetables, such as callaloo, bora, squash, pumpkin, boulanger, or carrots?
1
2
I did not eat vegetables during the past 30 days
Less than one time per day
3 1 time per day
4 2 times per day
5 3 times per day
6 4 times per day
7 5 or more times per day
Missing
50
124
439
351
128
29
77
14
4.3
10.9
35.2
29.2
10.9
2.4
7.1
Q16 During the past 30 days, how many times per day did you usually clean or brush your teeth?
1 I did not clean or brush my teeth during the past 30 days
2 1 time per day
3 2 times per day
4 3 times per day
5 4 or more times per day
Missing
22
129
661
301
90
9
2.0
10.8
53.7
25.7
7.8
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Data
Location
34-34
Standard
Variable
Name
Q10
35-35
36-36
37-37
Q11
Q12
Q13
Country
Question
Number
Q17
Question
Code and Label
During the past 30 days, how often did you wash your hands before eating?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4 Most of the time
5 Always
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
25
67
247
340
517
16
Weighted
Percent
2.1
5.4
21.9
27.9
42.6
Q18
Q21
Q24
During the past 30 days, how often did you wash your hands after using the toilet or latrine?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4 Most of the time
5 Always
Missing
During the past 30 days, how often did you use soap when washing your hands?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4
5
Most of the time
Always
Missing
47
88
307
345
416
9
During the past 12 months, how many times were you physically attacked?
Missing 1,212
188
878
16
14
43
73
1.2
3.7
6.5
16.0
72.6
4.4
7.2
26.0
28.4
34.0
3

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Data
Location
38-38
Standard
Variable
Name
Q14
39-39
40-40
Q15
Q16
Country
Question
Number
Q27
Question
Code and Label
During the past 12 months, how many times were you in a physical fight?
1 0 times
2 1 time
3 2 or 3 times
4 4 or 5 times
5 6 or 7 times
6 8 or 9 times
7 10 or 11 times
8 12 or more times
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
822
173
118
31
17
5
10
30
6
Weighted
Percent
65.8
15.2
10.4
2.7
1.7
0.6
1.0
2.6
Q28
Q29
During the past 12 months, how many times were you seriously injured?
1 0 times
2 1 time
3 2 or 3 times
4 4 or 5 times
5 6 or 7 times
6 8 or 9 times
7 10 or 11 times
8 12 or more times
Missing
600
146
85
22
3
12
6
1
337
During the past 12 months, what were you doing when the most serious injury happened to you?
1 I was not seriously injured during the past 12 months
2 Playing or training for a sport
3
4
Walking or running, but not as part of playing or training for a sport
Riding a bicycle or scooter
5
6
7
Riding or driving in a car or other motor vehicle
Doing any paid or unpaid work, including housework, yard work, or cooking
Nothing
8 Something else
Missing
38
83
343
597
41
33
32
14
31
67.0
17.5
10.0
2.9
0.7
0.1
0.4
1.4
67.2
5.7
4.0
4.2
1.8
3.5
4.1
9.6
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Location
41-41
Standard
Variable
Name
Q17
42-42 Q18
Country
Question
Number
Q30
Question
Code and Label
During the past 12 months, what was the major cause of the most serious injury that happened to you?
1 I was not seriously injured
2 during the past 12 months
I was in a motor vehicle accident or hit by a motor
3 vehicle
I fell
4
5
Something fell on me or hit me
I was fighting with someone
6
7
8
I was attacked, assaulted, or abused by someone
I was in a fire or too near a flame or something hot
Something else caused my injury
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
602
23
80
23
17
13
6
112
336
Weighted
Percent
67.2
2.9
9.7
3.2
2.0
1.5
0.6
13.0
Q31 During the past 12 months, how did the most serious injury happen to you?
1
2
I was not seriously injured during the past 12 months
I hurt myself by accident
3
4
Someone else hurt me by accident
I hurt myself on purpose
5 Someone else hurt me on purpose
Missing
601
130
53
37
53
338
67.3
15.3
6.7
4.5
6.2
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Location
43-43
Standard
Variable
Name
Q19
44-44 Q20
Country
Question
Number
Q32
Question
Code and Label
During the past 12 months, what was the most serious injury that happened to you?
1 I was not seriously injured during the past 12 months
2
3
I had a broken bone or a dislocated joint
I had a cut, puncture, or stab
4 wound
I had a concussion or other head or neck injury, was knocked out, or could not
5 breathe
I had a gunshot wound
6 I had a bad burn
7
8
I lost all or part of a foot, leg, hand, or arm
Something else happened to me
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
596
51
68
11
3
15
7
118
343
Weighted
Percent
67.0
6.5
8.5
1.3
0.4
1.8
0.8
13.8
Q35 During the past 30 days, on how many days were you bullied?
1 0 days
2 1 or 2 days
3 3 to 5 days
4 6 to 9 days
5 10 to 19 days
6 20 to 29 days
7 All 30 days
Missing
670
243
68
40
25
11
28
127
61.0
22.5
6.5
3.6
2.5
1.1
2.8
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Location
45-45
Standard
Variable
Name
Q21
46-46
47-47
Q22
Q23
Country
Question
Number
Q36
Question
Code and Label
During the past 30 days, how were you bullied most often?
1 I was not bullied during the past 30 days
2 I was hit, kicked, pushed, shoved around, or locked indoors
3
4
5
6
I was made fun of because of my race or color
I was made fun of because of my religion
I was made fun of with sexual jokes, comments, or gestures
I was left out of activities on purpose or completely
7
8 ignored
I was made fun of because of how my body or face looks
I was bullied in some other way
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
682
63
38
21
47
25
48
185
103
Weighted
Percent
60.6
6.1
3.6
2.2
4.5
2.2
4.2
16.7
Q37
Q38
During the past 12 months, how often have you felt lonely?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4 Most of the time
5 Always
Missing
During the past 12 months, how often have you been so worried about something that you could not sleep at night?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4 Most of the time
5 Always
Missing
277
185
549
149
41
11
410
224
400
115
41
22
23.7
15.2
45.7
12.0
3.5
35.6
18.4
33.2
9.1
3.7
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Location
48-48
Standard
Variable
Name
Q24
49-49
50-50
51-51
52-52
Q25
Q26
Q27
Q28
Country
Question
Number
Q40
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
During the past 12 months, did you ever feel so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that you stopped doing some usual activities?
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
391
795
26
Weighted
Percent
32.9
67.1
Q41
Q42
During the past 12 months, did you ever seriously consider attempting suicide?
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
221
963
28
During the past 12 months, did you make a plan about how you would attempt suicide?
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
209
969
34
18.3
81.7
18.4
81.6
Q43
Q47
How many close friends do you have?
1 0
2 1
3 2
4 3 or more
Missing
How old were you when you first tried a cigarette?
1
2
I have never smoked cigarettes
7 years old or younger
3 8 or 9 years old
4 10 or 11 years old
5 12 or 13 years old
6 14 or 15 years old
7 16 years old or older
Missing
107
256
233
595
21
814
54
29
4
119
79
60
53
9.3
21.0
19.4
50.3
73.1
7.3
6.1
4.9
5.3
2.8
0.4
8

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Location
53-53
Standard
Variable
Name
Q29
54-54
55-55
56-56
Q30
Q31
Q32
Country
Question
Number
Q48
Question
Code and Label
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you smoke cigarettes?
1 0 days
2 1 or 2 days
3 3 to 5 days
4 6 to 9 days
5 10 to 19 days
6 20 to 29 days
7 All 30 days
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
1,089
39
14
4
3
3
12
48
Weighted
Percent
93.0
3.6
1.4
0.5
0.3
0.2
1.0
Q49 During the past 30 days, on how many days did you use any other form of tobacco, such as cigars, cigar pipes, chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, cigarillos, or ‘M’?
1 0 days
2 1 or 2 days
3 3 to 5 days
4 6 to 9 days
5 10 to 19 days
6 20 to 29 days
7 All 30 days
Missing
1,121
39
13
18
7
1
6
7
92.0
3.5
1.4
1.9
0.6
0.1
0.5
Q50
Q51
During the past 12 months, have you ever tried to stop smoking cigarettes?
1
2
I have never smoked cigarettes
I did not smoke cigarettes
3 during the past 12 months
Yes
4 No
Missing
789
167
73
63
120
During the past 7 days, on how many days have people smoked in your presence?
1 0 days
2 1 or 2 days
3 3 or 4 days
4 5 or 6 days
5 All 7 days
Missing
420
250
104
63
370
5
71.0
15.5
7.4
6.1
35.0
20.4
8.7
5.6
30.2
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Location
57-57
Standard
Variable
Name
Q33
58-58
59-59
Q34
Q35
Country
Question
Number
Q52
Question
Code and Label
Which of your parents or guardians use any form of tobacco?
1 Neither
2 My father or male guardian
3
4
My mother or female guardian
Both
5 I do not know
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
760
216
44
23
149
20
Weighted
Percent
62.4
18.1
4.3
2.1
13.1
Q54
Q55
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one drink containing alcohol?
1 0 days
2 1 or 2 days
3 3 to 5 days
4 6 to 9 days
5 10 to 19 days
6 20 to 29 days
7 All 30 days
Missing
During the past 30 days, on the days you drank alcohol, how many drinks did you usually drink per day?
1
2
I did not drink alcohol during the past 30 days
Less than one drink
3 1 drink
4 2 drinks
5 3 drinks
6 4 drinks
7 5 or more drinks
Missing
689
234
57
35
20
10
7
160
673
147
119
55
25
19
27
147
64.2
22.9
5.6
3.6
2.0
0.8
0.7
61.9
13.9
11.7
5.3
2.7
2.0
2.6
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Location
60-60
Standard
Variable
Name
Q36
61-61
62-62
63-63
Q37
Q38
Q39
Country
Question
Number
Q56
Question
Code and Label
During the past 30 days, how did you usually get the alcohol you drank?
1 I did not drink alcohol during the past 30 days
2
3
4
I bought it in a store, shop, or from a street vendor
I gave someone else money to buy it for me
I got it from my friends
5 I got it from home
6 I stole it
7 I made it myself
8 I got it some other way
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
667
94
28
76
95
12
7
38
195
Weighted
Percent
64.2
9.6
3.0
8.3
8.9
1.4
0.7
3.9
Q58
Q59
Q61
During your life, how many times did you drink so much alcohol that you were really drunk?
1 0 times
2 1 or 2 times
3 3 to 9 times
4 10 or more times
Missing
During your life, how many times have you ever had a hang-over, felt sick, got into trouble with your family or friends, missed school, or got into fights, as a result of drinking alcohol?
1 0 times
2 1 or 2 times
3
4
3 to 9 times
10 or more times
Missing
During your life, how many times have you used drugs marijuana, ganga, weed, hash, acid, crack, coke, heroine, ecstasy, solvents, or inhalants?
1 0 times
2 1 or 2 times
3 3 to 9 times
4 10 or more times
Missing
1,072
72
31
18
19
982
132
33
30
35
869
232
56
42
13
70.1
20.5
5.5
3.9
82.5
11.5
3.2
2.8
88.4
6.9
3.2
1.6
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Location
64-64
Standard
Variable
Name
Q40
65-65
66-66
67-67
Q41
Q42
Q43
Country
Question
Number
Q63
Question
Code and Label
Have you ever had sexual intercourse?
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Q64 How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time?
1
2
I have never had sexual intercourse
11 years old or younger
3 12 years old
4 13 years old
5 14 years old
6 15 years old
7 16 years old or older
Missing
Q65
Q66
Unweighted
Frequency
219
770
223
773
29
10
202
During your life, with how many people have you had sexual intercourse?
1
2
I have never had sexual intercourse
1 person
3 2 people
4 3 people
5 4 people
6 5 people
7 6 or more people
Missing
777
12
16
32
212
84
56
23
During the past 12 months, have you had sexual intercourse?
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
134
973
105
75
31
47
45
Weighted
Percent
24.6
75.4
74.0
8.3
3.4
5.2
5.0
3.1
1.0
75.1
8.5
6.4
2.7
1.5
1.8
3.9
13.4
86.6
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Location
68-68
Standard
Variable
Name
Q44
69-69
70-70
Q45
Q46
Country
Question
Number
Q67
Question
Code and Label
The last time you had sexual intercourse, did you or your partner use a condom rubber, or French letter?
1 I have never had sexual
2 intercourse
Yes
3 No
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
772
137
81
222
Weighted
Percent
75.6
15.4
9.0
Q71
Q72
During the past 7 days, on how many days were you physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day?
1 0 days
2 1 day
3 2 days
4 3 days
5 4 days
6 5 days
7 6 days
8 7 days
Missing
During a typical or usual week, on how many days are you physically active for a total of at least 60 minutes per day?
1 0 days
2 1 day
3 2 days
4 3 days
5 4 days
6 5 days
7 6 days
8 7 days
Missing
432
212
142
84
63
44
32
189
14
487
205
125
95
43
56
31
151
19
35.4
17.9
11.8
7.5
5.2
3.8
2.5
15.8
41.0
17.1
10.1
8.1
3.7
4.9
2.5
12.8
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Location
71-71
Standard
Variable
Name
Q47
72-72
73-73
Q48
Q49
Country
Question
Number
Q76
Question
Code and Label
How much time do you spend during a typical or usual day sitting and watching television, playing computer games, talking with friends, or doing other sitting activities liming?
1 Less than 1 hour per day
2 1 to 2 hours per day
3 3 to 4 hours per day
4 5 to 6 hours per day
5 7 to 8 hours per day
6 More than 8 hours per day
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
371
369
205
89
44
103
31
Weighted
Percent
31.1
31.4
17.3
7.5
4.1
8.8
Q77
Q78
During the past 7 days, on how many days did you walk or ride a bicycle to and from school?
1 0 days
2 1 day
3 2 days
4 3 days
5 4 days
6 5 days
7 6 days
8 7 days
Missing
During the past 7 days, how long did it usually take for you to get to and from school each day?
1 Less than 10 minutes per day
2 10 to 19 minutes per day
3 20 to 29 minutes per day
4 30 to 39 minutes per day
5 40 to 49 minutes per day
6 50 to 59 minutes per day
7 60 or more minutes per day
Missing
759
86
53
35
22
98
5
124
30
265
264
187
156
50
43
215
32
64.0
7.3
4.5
3.3
2.1
8.0
0.4
10.4
22.7
23.1
15.6
13.2
4.6
3.5
17.3
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74-74
Standard
Variable
Name
Q50
75-75
76-76
77-77
Q51
Q52
Q53
Country
Question
Number
Q79
Question
Code and Label
During the past 30 days, on how many days did you miss classes or school without permission?
1 0 days
2 1 or 2 days
3 3 to 5 days
4 6 to 9 days
5 10 or more days
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
850
197
86
17
21
41
Weighted
Percent
70.6
17.3
8.4
1.4
2.2
Q80 During the past 30 days, how often were most of the students in your school kind and helpful?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4 Most of the time
5 Always
Missing
136
163
438
235
199
41
12.1
14.0
37.4
19.5
17.1
Q81
Q82
During the past 30 days, how often did your parents or guardians check to see if your homework was done?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4 Most of the time
5 Always
Missing
During the past 30 days, how often did your parents or guardians understand your problems and worries?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4 Most of the time
5 Always
Missing
249
141
228
195
377
22
263
142
320
174
284
29
21.1
11.8
19.3
16.5
31.3
22.1
11.9
27.6
15.1
23.4
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Standard
Variable
Name
Q54
79-79
80-80
81-81
82-82
QN6
QN7
QN8
QN9
Country
Question
Number
Q83
Question
Code and Label
During the past 30 days, how often did your parents or guardians really know what you were doing with your free time?
1 Never
2 Rarely
3 Sometimes
4 Most of the time
5 Always
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
211
99
286
252
301
63
Weighted
Percent
18.9
8.3
25.6
21.5
25.6
Percentage of students who went hungry most of the time or always during the past 30 days because there was not enough food in their home
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
86
1,113
13
7.8
92.2
Percentage of students who usually ate fruit, such as bananas, mango, guava, watermelon, pineapple, tangerines, oranges, or cherries one or more times per day during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
901
294
17
Percentage of students who usually ate vegetables, such as callaloo, bora, squash, pumpkin, boulanger, or carrots one or more times per day during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
1,024
174
Missing 14
Percentage of students who did not clean or brush their teeth during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
22
1,181
9
75.4
24.6
84.8
15.2
2.0
98.0
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Data
Location
83-83
Standard
Variable
Name
QN10
84-84
85-85
86-86
87-87
88-88
QN11
QN12
QN13
QN14
QN15
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who never or rarely washed their hands before eating during the past
30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
92
1,104
16
Weighted
Percent
7.5
92.5
Percentage of students who never or rarely washed their hands after using the toilet or latrine during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
57
1,139
16
Percentage of students who never or rarely used soap when washing their hands during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
135
1,068
9
4.9
95.1
11.5
88.5
Percentage of students who were physically attacked one or more times during the past 12 months - Data not available
Missing 1,212
Percentage of students who were in a physical fight one or more times during the past 12 months
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
384
822
6
Percentage of students who were seriously injured one or more times during the past 12 months
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
275
600
337
34.2
65.8
33.0
67.0
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Data
Location
89-89
Standard
Variable
Name
QN16
90-90
91-91
92-92
93-93
QN17
QN18
QN19
QN20
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Of students who were seriously injured during the past 12 months, the percentage whose most serious injury happened to them while they were playing or training for a sport
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
46
225
941
Weighted
Percent
18.2
81.8
Of students who were seriously injured during the past 12 months, the percentage whose most serious injury was the result of a fall
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
23
251
938
8.9
91.1
Of students who were seriously injured during the past 12 months, the percentage whose most serious injury was the result of them hurting themselves by accident
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
129
142
941
Of students who were seriously injured during the past 12 months, the percentage who had a broken bone or dislocated joint as their most serious injury
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
51
221
940
Percentage of students who were bullied on one or more days during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
415
670
127
46.9
53.1
19.7
80.3
39.0
61.0
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Location
94-94
Standard
Variable
Name
QN21
95-95
96-96
97-97
98-98
99-99
QN22
QN23
QN24
QN25
QN26
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Of students who were bullied during the past 30 days, the percentage who were bullied most often by being hit, kicked, pushed, shoved around, or locked indoors
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
56
356
800
14.3
85.7
Percentage of students who felt lonely most of the time or always during the past 12 months
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
190
1,011
11
Percentage of students who most of the time or always felt so worried about something that they could not sleep at night during the past 12 months
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
156
1,034
22
15.5
84.5
12.8
87.2
Percentage of students who felt sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing their usual activities during the past 12 months
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Percentage of students who seriously considered attempting suicide during the past 12 months
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
391
795
26
221
963
28
Percentage of students who made a plan about how they would attempt suicide during the past 12 months
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
209
969
34
32.9
67.1
18.3
81.7
18.4
81.6
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Location
100-100
Standard
Variable
Name
QN27
101-101
102-102
103-103
104-104
105-105
QN28
QN29
QN30
QN31
QN32
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who have no close friends
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
107
1,084
21
Weighted
Percent
9.3
90.7
Of students who smoked cigarettes on one or more of the past 30 days, the percentage who tried their first cigarette at age 9 or younger
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
31
38
1,143
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes on one or more days during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
75
1,089
48
Percentage of students who used any other form of tobacco, such as cigars, cigar pipes, chewing tobacco, snuff, dip, cigarillos, or 'M' on one or more of the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
84
1,121
7
46.9
53.1
7.0
93.0
8.0
92.0
Of students who smoked cigarettes on one or more of the past 30 days, the percentage who tried to stop smoking cigarettes during the past 12 months
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
73
63
1,076
Percentage of students who reported people smoking in their presence on one or more of the past seven days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
787
420
5
55.0
45.0
65.0
35.0
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Data
Location
106-106
Standard
Variable
Name
QN33
107-107
108-108
109-109
110-110
111-111
QN34
QN35
QN36
QN37
QN38
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Percentage of students who have a parent or guardian who uses any form of tobacco
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
283
909
20
Percentage of students who drank alcohol on one or more of the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Percentage of students who drank one or more drinks per day on the days they drank alcohol during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
363
689
160
245
820
147
Weighted
Percent
24.5
75.5
35.8
64.2
24.2
75.8
Percentage of students who usually got the alcohol they drank by buying it in a store, shop, or from a street vendor during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
94
923
195
Percentage of students who drank so much alcohol that they were really drunk one or more times during their life
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Percentage of students who had a hang-over, felt sick, got into trouble with family or friends, missed school, or got into fights, as a result of drinking alcohol one or more times during their life
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
330
869
13
195
982
35
9.6
90.4
29.9
70.1
17.5
82.5
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Data
Location
112-112
Standard
Variable
Name
QN39
113-113
114-114
115-115
116-116
117-117
QN40
QN41
QN42
QN43
QN44
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Percentage of students who used drugs, such as marijuana, ganga, weed, hash, acid, crack, coke, heroine, ecstasy, solvents, or inhalants one or more times during their life
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
121
1,072
19
11.6
88.4
Percentage of students who have ever had sexual intercourse
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
219
770
223
Percentage of students who had sexual intercourse for the first time before age 13
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
106
904
202
24.6
75.4
11.7
88.3
Percentage of students who have had sexual intercourse with two or more people during their life time
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
139
861
212
Percentage of students who had sexual intercourse during the past 12 months
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
134
973
105
Of students who had sexual intercourse during the past 12 months, the percentage who used a condom the last time they had sexual intercourse
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
98
35
1,079
16.3
83.7
13.4
86.6
73.5
26.5
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Data
Location
118-118
Standard
Variable
Name
QN45
119-119
120-120
121-121
122-122
123-123
QN46
QN47
QN48
QN49
QN50
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Unweighted
Frequency
Percentage of students who were physically active all seven days for a total of at least 60 minutes per day during the past seven days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
189
1,009
14
Weighted
Percent
15.8
84.2
Percentage of students who were physically active seven days for a total of at least 60 minutes per day during a typical or usual week
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
151
1,042
19
Percentage of students who spent three or more hours per day sitting and watching television, playing computer games, talking with friends, or doing other sitting activities, such as liming during a typical or usual day
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
441
740
31
Percentage of students who did not walk or ride a bicycle to and from school during the past seven days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
759
423
30
12.8
87.2
37.6
62.4
64.0
36.0
Percentage of students who usually take 29 minutes or less to get to and from school each day during the past seven days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
716
464
32
Percentage of students who missed classes or school without permission on one or more of the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
321
850
41
61.4
38.6
29.4
70.6
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124-124
125-125
126-126
127-127
Standard
Variable
Name
QN51
QN52
QN53
QN54
128-128 QNROVWGT
129-129 QNOVWGT
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Percentage of students who reported that most of the students in their school were kind and helpful most of the time or always during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
434
737
41
36.6
63.4
Percentage of students whose parents or guardians checked to see if their homework was done most of the time or always during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
572
618
22
Percentage of students whose parents or guardians understood their problems and worries most of the time or always during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
458
725
29
47.8
52.2
38.5
61.5
Percentage of students whose parents or guardians knew what they were doing with their free time most of the time or always during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
553
596
63
Percentage of students who were at risk for becoming overweight (i.e., at or above the 85th percentile but below the 95th percentile for body mass index, by age and sex)*
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
20
160
1,032
Percentage of students who were overweight (i.e., at or above the 95th percentile for body mass index, by age and sex)*
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
15
165
1,032
47.1
52.9
11.4
88.6
8.9
91.1
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Location
Standard
Variable
Name
131-131 QNFRVGG
132-132 QNANYTOB
133-133 QNMINPAG
Country
Question
Number
Question
Code and Label
Percentage of students who ate fruits and vegetables five or more times per day during the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Unweighted
Frequency
Weighted
Percent
303
884
25
26.5
73.5
Percentage of students who smoked cigarettes or cigars or used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip on one or more of the past 30 days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
100
1,062
50
Percentage of students who were physically active for at least 60 minutes per day on less than five days per week on average
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
967
221
24
9.6
90.4
81.3
18.7
134-134 QNWKRD
145-156
157-161
162-170
Weight
PSU
Stratum
Percentage of students who walked or rode a bicycle to and from school for a total of 150 minutes on one or more of the past seven days
1 Yes
2 No
Missing
Weight
Primary Sampling Unit
Stratum
1,043
119
50
90.1
9.9
25